John Short Hewett
John Short Hewett | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1781 Calcutta |
| Died | 12 December 1835 (aged 53–54) |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Rector of Rotherhithe Chaplain and Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge |
| Spouse | Mary Anne Selby-Hele |
| Children | 2 including Rev. John Hewett |
John Short Hewett (1781 – 12 December 1835) was an
William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, VC
.
Early life
Hewett was born in India in 1781, the son of William Nathan Wright Hewett of Bilham Hall, near
matriculated into in 1799 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1803.[1]
Career
Following his
Chaplain to the Forces and in 1816 was appointed Rector of Elmsett, Suffolk until 1817 when transferred to the Rectory of Rotherhithe where he served until 1835, along with his apportionment to the Rectory of Ewhurst, East Sussex in 1825 where he also served until 1835.[4][5] In 1825 Hewett received his Doctorate of Divinity from Clare College, Cambridge.[1][6] In 1835 he resigned from the church to live in Boulogne-sur-Mer until his death on 12 December 1835.[5]
Family
On 19 February 1828 Hewett married Mary Ann Selby-Hele, daughter of the Rev. Robert Hele Selby-Hele and Felicia Elizabeth Horne, daughter of George Horne, Bishop of Norwich.[7] The marriage too place in Brede, East Sussex. The couple had two children together:[6]
- Rev. John Hewett
- Felicia Hewett, married William Johnstone Bellingham, son of Sir Alan Bellingham, 2nd Bt.
Hewett died in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France on 12 December 1835 and his wife outlived him by almost 40 years dying in Brede, Sussex on 25 September 1873.[5]
References
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- ^ Flower, Benjamin (1820). The Cambridge University Calendar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 308.
- ^ a b Barrister (1839). The Ecclesiastical Legal Guide to Archbishops, Bishops and Their Secretaries, the Clergy. J. S. Hodson. p. 316.
- ^ UK Government (1819). A Collection of the Public General Statutes, Passed in the 59th Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third. London: G. Eyre and A. Strahan, printers to the King. p. 1507.
- ^ a b c Brayley, Edward Wedlake (1841). A Topographical History of Surrey. Surrey: R. B. Ede. p. 423.
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes; vol 1 (107 ed.). Wilmington: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 337.
- ^ "Marriage Settlement". The National Archive. 18 February 1828. Retrieved 10 August 2022.